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Microplastic has been found in rainwater samples in the Rocky Mountains, suggesting that plastic pollution has spread much farther than expected.
Pollution

Rain Clouds Are Dropping Microplastic on the Rocky Mountains

"It's a part of our environment now."

With just tiny implant, a security researcher was able to rig an Apple charging cable to give himself access to any user's devices.
Computers

This Evil Charging Cable Will Infect Your Computer With a Virus

And anyone can buy it for $200.

Russia is sending a semi-autonomous, gun-savvy robot to the International Space Station next Thursday. They hope the Russian bot will help build Moon bases.
Robotics

Russia’s Gun-Shooting Robot Is Heading to the Space Station

The Russian robo-astronaut looks brutal as heck.

The day after the feral hogs meme was born, these researchers published a study about the very real problem the animals pose for farmers.
Science & Energy

Assault Rifles Won’t Solve Your Feral Hog Problem, Say Scientists

The timing of this new feral hog study really couldn’t be any better.

During an episode of Joe Rogan's podcast, Bernie Sanders promised he'd tell the public about alien life if he was elected president.
Science & Energy

Bernie Sanders Tells Joe Rogan He’d Declassify Aliens as President

"My wife would demand that I let you know."

A new deepfake on YouTube brought some signature cartoony design elements back to Disney's new live-action "The Lion King" remake.
Artificial Intelligence

This Genius Used Deepfakes to “Fix” the New “The Lion King”

The end result is a bizarre hybrid of new and old.

A new deepfake puts Tom Cruise's face onto Christian Bale's body from "American Psycho." It's a bizarre gray area in the realm of deepfake nudity.
Artificial Intelligence

Someone Deepfaked Tom Cruise Into The “American Psycho” Sex Scene

The video is uncomfortable. And extremely NSFW.

#globalwarning videos on Tik Tok show people slowly melting in the heat as global climate change gets worse and worse around them.
Climate Change

Climate Change Is Officially a TikTok Meme

#Globalwarning shows a memeified glimpse into our future.

The person behind the Storm Area 51 event is now promoting Alienstock, a music festival set to take place in the Nevada desert the same weekend.
Off-World

Storm Area 51 Creator Announces Alienstock Music Festival

The event promises to provide "an experience that celebrates Aliens and the Unknown."

NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley got to test out their hot new spacesuits for launch day of the long-awaited SpaceX Crew Dragon test flight.
Crew Dragon

NASA Astronauts Test SpaceX Spacesuits for Crew Dragon Launch

Will SpaceX be able to launch its Crew Dragon capsule in November?

Now-deceased sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein told a New York Times reporter he advised Tesla and its CEO Elon Musk in August 2018.
Elon Musk

NYT Writer: Jeffrey Epstein Told Me He Advised Tesla, Elon Musk

Can you guess what Tesla has to say about that claim?

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk estimates the cost of building a self-sustaining city on Mars to be anywhere "between $100 billion and $100 trillion."
Mars

Elon Musk: Mars City Could Cost Up to $10 Trillion

For perspective, that's about triple the United States' total tax revenue.

Snap, Inc is about to release the third iteration of its AR glasses, Spectacles 3. It's extremely unclear who they're for.
Robots and Machines

Gadzooks! Snap Inc. Is Making a New Pair of Doomed AR Glasses

Twice the cameras, twice the cost.

YouTuber Amie DD published a video last week in which she has a small RFID tag that doubles as her Model 3 keycard implanted into her forearm.
Tesla

This Biohacker Implanted Her Tesla Model 3 Keycard Into Her Arm

Carrying around a physical keycard for your Tesla is so 2018.

Climate change has the global food supply on the brink of disaster, according to a newly published United Nations report.
Food

UN Warning: Food Is Going to Get Really, Really Expensive

Climate change has the global food supply on the brink of disaster.

Bill Nye: Green Energy Will Make You “Filthy $@!% Rich”
Energy

Bill Nye: Green Energy Will Make You “Filthy $@!% Rich”

"So go green and get green. See what I'm saying?"

Scientists observed a neutron star "glitching" and rapidly accelerating. A look under the hood could finally explain why it happens.
Science & Energy

A Neutron Star “Glitched” — and Scientists Noticed Something Amazing

A bizarre stellar glitch could provide the first glimpse at a neutron star's interior.

VR training company Talespin has created Barry, an artificially intelligent virtual reality character managers can practice firing over and over again.
Virtual Reality

This Company Creates Virtual People for You to Fire in VR

You can fire Barry again... and again... and again.

A cybersecurity company called Crown Sterling gave a bizarre, buzzword-filled talk at the cybersecurity conference Black Hat and got roasted to oblivion.
Science & Energy

Hackers Are Roasting a Terrible Sponsored Talk at Black Hat

People at the conference called the company's tech a scam.

AI built to detect hate speech online, including a widely-used tool built by Google, tends to flag tweets written by black people as toxic more often.
Google

Google’s Hate Speech-Detecting AI is Biased Against Black People

This type of AI still needs some work.